Migrant workers
Israel imports record foreign workforce to replace Palestinians, but housing crisis looms
Israel now has 250,000 legal and illegal foreign workers, the highest number ever, according to Israel Population and Immigration Authority figures, with more to come.
New report shows many migrant workers lacked access to shelter during Operation Roaring Lion
Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy
India, Israel agree to increase Indian foreign workers in Israel by 50,000 in the next five years
Migrant caregivers’ ‘#OurHands Campaign’
Organizations around the world are now rallying through a campaign called “Our Hands” to share information with domestic workers and encourage collective mobilization.
NGOs lodge appeal over policy for migrants denied refugee status
The legal decision over how to handle the issue of around 45,000 African migrants who crossed into the country illegally, but claim refugee status, is somewhat up in the air.
Defending fair labor practices for migrant workers in Israel
Migrant workers in Israel originate mostly from the Philippines, India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal and Eastern Europe.
'Miles to go before I sleep' - On the front lines of the migration crises in Europe
The images being shown ranged from horrific stories of dead refugees suffocating in a truck while being smuggled, to Germans clapping and welcoming arrivals.
'Germany took our Jews and gave us Arabs,' French right-winger says
Germany has been heavily criticized by other European governments for its willingness to absorb hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Tel Aviv pastor: African migrants ‘can make real contribution to society’
US Pentecostal delegation visit asylum-seekers as guests of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
In Tel Aviv, Holot, reactions mixed on fateful High Court decision on migrants
“They now understand that they can stay here and I don’t see any of them deciding to leave on their own now,” Tel Aviv city councilman says.
Tragic end for Moroccan migrant who dies trying to reach Spain in suitcase
Dead man's brother arrested for murder Spanish government spokesman says.
NGO: Israel forces migrants to choose between leaving for Rwanda or indefinite prison
According to Hotline for Refugees and Migrants the State has invented a new loophole so it can detain migrants indefinitely in the Saharonim closed detention center.
Israeli NGOs battle over call for asylum for Eritrean migrants
Group says new UN Human Rights Council report doesn’t justify change in policy.